[TriLUG] NC*SA Meeting - Monday, July 8th - Wireless Security

[Lisa Lorenzin]

For those who may be interested...

The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
organization (NC*SA) is upcoming.  Details about the meeting and
directions are provided in this note.  We hope to see you there!

                    NC*SA General Meeting
             6:00 pm, Monday, July 8th, 2002
                     Dreyfus Laboratory
                 Research Triangle Institute
                  Research Triangle Park, NC
                     (directions below)

	Topic: 802.11b Wireless Security with Cisco LEAP
	Speaker: Lisa Lorenzin

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Abstract:

802.11b wireless networks are becoming more and more common in corporate
environments.  Unfortunately, so are front-page industry magazine articles
on the security risks involved with wireless.  An enterprise wireless
network can be implemented securely; to do so requires an understanding of
the risks inherent in 802.11b and the mechanisms available to mitigate
those risks.  The presentation will provide: an outline of the standards
and main proprietary implementations available; an overview of the
weaknesses in 802.11b security; and a discussion of how to protect an
802.11b network.  Cisco's wireless products and LEAP authentication
framework will be used as an implementation example, but the concepts
covered will apply to any enterprise wireless network, regardless of
vendor.

Bio:

Lisa Lorenzin graduated from Davidson College in 1994 with a degree in
Medieval and Renaissance Studies.  Being interested in regular meals, she
promptly started working in the Internet industry.  (Hey, it was a good
plan prior to 2001.)  After a trial by fire doing tech support for
Cybernetx, a local ISP in Charlotte, she moved to the triangle to become
Director of Technology for Mebtel.  Her interest in computer security
began when she started doing systems administration at TriNet Services,
and carried her to a senior security engineer position at Utenzi (nee
InterLan).  She is currently a network security engineer for a large
regional health insurance provider.

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Our meetings are free and open to anyone with an interest in the topic
of the evening and/or system administration.  We will be providing
food and drink for the evening. If you have any questions please
contact the Steering Committee at:

  ncsa-steer at ncsysadmin.org

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Directions to Research Triangle Institute:

Directions to Research Triangle Institute
See also a map to the meeting place.

>From I-40 west of RTP (e.g. Chapel Hill):

Get onto I-40 heading east. Follow I-40 to the NC-147 - Durham Freeway -
North (towards Durham). Stay in right lane. Shift right as soon as
possible after merging with traffic coming off I-40 westbound.

Exit to the right at the next exit (Cornwallis Road). At top of exit, turn
to the left. (If you turn right and cross over the bridge, you are going
the wrong direction.) After turning left onto Cornwallis, shift
immediately to the right lane. Take the second right onto East Institute
Drive. Take the second right off of East Institute Drive. Dreyfus
Laboratory will be the first building on your right. Use the parking lot
in front of the Lab and enter at the main entrance.

>From I-40 east of RTP (e.g. Raleigh):

Get onto I-40 heading west. Follow I-40 to the NC-147 - Durham Freeway -
North (towards Durham). Shift to rightmost lane as soon as possible Exit
to the right at the next exit (Cornwallis Road). At top of exit, turn to
the left. (If you turn right and cross over the bridge, you are going the
wrong direction.) After turning left onto Cornwallis, shift immediately to
the right lane. Take the second right onto East Institute Drive. Take the
second right off of East Institute Drive. Dreyfus Laboratory will be the
first building on your right. Use the parking lot in front of the Lab and
enter at the main entrance.

>From north of RTP (e.g. Durham):

Get onto NC-147 - Durham Freeway - south. Exit at the Cornwallis Road
exit. At the top of the exit, turn left to cross over the bridge. After
turning left onto Cornwallis, shift immediately to the right lane. Take
the second right onto East Institute Drive. Take the second right off of
East Institute Drive. Dreyfus Laboratory will be the first building on
your right. Use the parking lot in front of the Lab and enter at the main
entrance.

A map of RTI is available at http://www.rti.org/images/campus.gif

Enter through the glass doors at the front; all of the doors except one
will be locked, but one will be open for our access.  Walk through the
lobby, go straight out the glass doors, across the patio, and straight
into Dreyfus Auditorium.

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Lisa Lorenzin
lorenzin at 1000plus.com